Canadian Courts Concluded That While Security Is a Worthy Social

question 8

Multiple Choice

Canadian courts concluded that while security is a worthy social goal,government is not responsible for ensuring it.Responding to this position,the Supreme Court of British Columbia went one step further and ruled that while government may not be responsible for a person's security,it must not impede a person's right to seek his or her own security.Which of the following describes the issue at hand?

• A)Seventy homeless people could not find beds in local shelters so they set up tents in a public park in Victoria,British Columbia.
• B)A registered sex offender was released;the public was not notified,yet one informed citizen chose to hand out flyers alerting the neighbourhood in Victoria,British Columbia.
• C)The raids and vandalism following the Vancouver Olympics caused many merchants to hire their own security,and this even included their belief that even the public spaces (sidewalks)outside their premises were within their rights.
• D)Fearing a legal grow-op existed in their Victoria,British Columbia,community,citizens staged sit-ins on the steps of parliament to end the growing and production of marijuana,despite the fact that citizens are entitled to this legal right based on Canada's medicinal marijuana policies.

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